Health Policy Analysis
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to conduct a policy analysis. You have been working towards this analysis in the first four weeks of this session and have already identified your public health issue, the two existing policies (i.e., laws, bills, resolutions) that address it, and defined your problem statement.
Course Outcomes
This assignment provides documentation of the student’s ability to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 4: Recognize the basic legal concepts that underlie the healthcare and public health systems, including the legal rights and responsibilities of various stakeholders in the healthcare system and the extensive and complex role played by federal and state laws in the protection of the public’s health. (POs 5, 6)
Requirements
This assignment will be graded on quality of information, use of citations, Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading rubric.
Create your paper using Microsoft Word, which is the required format for all Chamberlain documents.
The length of the paper is to be no greater than 7 pages, excluding title and reference pages.
APA format is required for both a title page and a reference page. The required components of the review should be formatted as Level 1 headings (upper and lower case, centered, boldface).
Note: Introduction—Write an introduction, but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
Review the readings, lesson notes, and digital media about healthcare policy, and use the rubric to develop your paper.
Grading Criteria
Review the table below for the grading criteria.